March 15, 2004
Gretchen Cook-Anderson
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-0836)
NOTE TO EDITORS: N04-041
NASA PARTICIPATES IN FIRST WHITE HOUSE SCIENCE EDUCATION SUMMIT
NASA is participating tomorrow in the first White House Science
Summit. More than 800 educators, researchers, scientists, and
business leaders are expected to attend.
NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will speak at the Summit's opening
ceremony at 8:35 a.m. EST. He will participate in a media
availability with Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige and Dr.
John Marburger of the White House Office of Science and Technology
Policy at 9:30 a.m. EST.
The Summit, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, includes an Expo of
science, technology, and math exhibits from 29 federal agencies. The
Expo features innovative teaching, curricula, and panel discussions
with experts from government, academia and industry.
The Science Summit is part of a multi-agency effort to improve
national science education. It follows the work of last year's Math
Summit. Both are part of the President's Mathematics and Science
Initiative, developed and implemented by the Department of Education,
NASA, National Science Foundation and other federal agencies involved
in education and workforce development.
For information about the Summit on the Internet, visit
http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/progs/mathscience/index.html
For information about NASA education programs on the Internet, visit:
http://education.nasa.gov
For information about NASA on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html
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